Local History and Genealogy Reference books that we have in our family history library, organized by Dewey Decimal Number. I would be happy to do a quick look up for you; please just comment below to get in touch!
The list below includes physical materials in my personal collection. Some of the digital resources that I use can be found on my Digital Library page.
Local History Collection
| Call number & Year | Author(s) | Title | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 362.730973 CO
2006 |
Concordia Lutheran Ministries | The Concordia Story, 1881-2006 | Pittsburgh Region (Penn.) – History |
| 373.77328 GK
1974 |
Genoa-Kingston High School | Reflections | De Kalb County (Ill.) – Yearbooks |
| 373.77328 GK
1975 |
Genoa-Kingston High School | Reflections | De Kalb County (Ill.) – Yearbooks |
| 373.77328 GK
1976 |
Genoa-Kingston High School | Reflections | De Kalb County (Ill.) – Yearbooks |
| 373.77328 GK
1977 |
Genoa-Kingston High School | Reflections | De Kalb County (Ill.) – Yearbooks |
| 929.107207731 DU
2005 |
DuMelle, Grace | Finding your Chicago Ancestors | Chicago (Ill.) – Genealogy |
| 929.20973 CO
1975 |
Colket, Meredith B. | Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe 1607-1657 | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.3 VI
1976 |
Virkus, Frederick A., ed. | Immigrant Ancestors: A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America before 1750 | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.341 BU
1978 |
Burke, Bernard | The roll of Battle Abbey | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.374 BA
1976 |
Banks, Charles Edward | The English ancestry and homes of the Pilgrim Fathers | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.374 HO
1974 |
Holmes, Frank R. | Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700 | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.374 RO
1989 |
Roser, Susan | Mayflower Increasings for three generations | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.3744 CR
1930 |
Crawford, Mary Caroline | Famous Families of Massachusetts (Vol. 2) | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.3744 ES
1918 |
Essex Institute | Gravestone inscriptions and records of tomb burials in the Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass., 1918 | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.3744 OT
1979 |
Otis, Amos | Genealogical notes of Barnstable Families (Vol. 1, A-H) | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.3744 PO
1977 |
Pope, Charles Henry | Pioneers of Massachusetts: a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns, and churches, and other contemporaneous documents | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.3744 RO
1990 |
Roser, Susan E. | Mayflower Marriages from the files of George Ernest Bowman | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.3744 WA
1978 |
Wakefield, Robert S. and Charles T. Libby | Plymouth Colony Marriages to 1650, by Robert S. Wakefield, and Mary Chilton’s title to celebrity, by Charles T. Libby (published together) | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.375665 LI
1992 |
Linn, Jo White | Surry County, North Carolina, Wills 1771-1827 | Surry County (N.C.) – Genealogy |
| 929.3773 IL
1986 |
Illinois State Genealogical Society | Prairie Pioneers of Illinois, vol. 1 | Illinois – Genealogy |
| 929.3773 IL
1999-2017 |
Illinois State Genealogical Society | Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly (Vol. 31-38, 43-49) | Illinois – Genealogy |
| 929.377324 LO
1978 |
Lombard Suburban Genealogical Society | Genealogical Sources: DuPage County, Illinois | DuPage County (Ill.) – Genealogy |
| 929.5 DO
1993 |
Doss, Juanita | Gone but not forgotten: Veterans buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Sycamore, Ill. | De Kalb County (Ill.) – Genealogy |
| 973.524 PE
1999 |
Pearson, Gardner W. | Records of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia: Called out by the Governor of Massachusetts to suppress a threatened invasion during the War of 1812-’14 | Massachusetts – History |
| 974.402 BA
1975 |
Banks, Charles Edward | The Planters of the Commonwealth; a study of the emigrants and emigration in colonial times | New England – History |
| 974.482 FI
1985 |
Fiore, Jordan D., ed. | Mourt’s Relation: A Journal of the Pilgrims of Plymouth | New England – History |
| 974.482 GA
1900 |
Garrett, Edmund H. | The Pilgrim Shore | New England – History |
| 974.482 HI
1936 & 1941 |
Hills, Leon Clark | The Mayflower Planters at Plymouth, Mass. 1620 and other newcomers to Ye Olde Colonie (Cape Cod series, vols. I and II) | New England – History |
| 974.482 NO
1925 |
Noyes, Ethel J.R.C | The Women of the Mayflower and Women of Plymouth Colony | New England – History |
| 974.482 SH
1955 |
Shaw, Hubert Kinney | Families of the Pilgrims (1620) | New England – History |
| 974.482 ST
1976 |
Stoddard, Francis R. | The Truth about the Pilgrims | New England – History |
| 974.69 HI
1968 |
Hinman, R.R. | Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut… | New England – History |
| 974.69 MA
1990 |
Majdalany, Jeanne | The Early Settlement of Stamford, Connecticut 1641-1700 | New England – History |
| 977.323 AT
1966 |
Directory Service Company | Farm and Ranch Directory of Kane County, Illinois | Kane County (Ill.) – Maps |
| 977.328 AT
1892 |
D.W. Ensign & Co. | Plat book of De Kalb County, Illinois : drawn and compiled from personal observations, actual surveys and county records | De Kalb County (Ill.) – Maps |
| 977.328 AT
1871 |
Thompson and Everts | Combination atlas map of DeKalb County, Illinois | De Kalb County (Ill.) – Maps |
| 977.328 AT
1929 |
Thrift Press | Atlas and plat book of De Kalb County, Illinois | De Kalb County (Ill.) – Maps |
| 977.328 AT
1947 |
True Republican | DeKalb County Farm Atlas and Business Guide | De Kalb County (Ill.) – Maps |
| 977.328 AT
1965 |
Rockford Map Publishers | Three year atlas and plat book, DeKalb County, Illinois: 1963, 1964, 1965 | De Kalb County (Ill.) – Maps |
| 977.328 BA
1939 |
Bar Docket for DeKalb County, Illinois Circuit Court for February Term of 1939 | De Kalb County (Ill.) – History | |
| 977.328 DE
2017- |
DeKalb County Historical – Genealogical Society | Cornsilk, 2017 – (Vol. 36, Issue 3 – current) | De Kalb County (Ill.) – History |
| 977.328 DE
1988 |
DeKalb County Magazine, July 1988 (Vol. 1, Issue 3) and August 1988 (Vol. 1, Issue 4) | De Kalb County (Ill.) – History | |
| 977.328 GK
1976 |
Genoa-Kingston Bicentennial Commission | Genoa-Kingston bicentennial history and program | De Kalb County (Ill.) – History |
| 977.328 HI
2004 |
Higgins, Jo Fredell | DeKalb (Images of America) | De Kalb County (Ill.) – History |
| 977.328 HO
1919 |
An honor roll : containing a pictorial record of the gallant and courageous men from DeKalb County, Illinois, U.S.A., who served in the Great War, 1917–1918–1919 | De Kalb County (Ill.) – History | |
| 977.328 KE
1876 |
Kett, Henry F. | The Voters and Tax-Payers of DeKalb County, Illinois | De Kalb County (Ill.) – History |
| 977.328 TO
2006 |
Townsend, Lucy and Marcia G. Wilson | Rural Schools Journeys: A Legacy of Learning, Histories of the One-room Schools in Dekalb County, Illinois | De Kalb County (Ill.) – History |
| 977.328025 DE
2009 |
DeKalb County Historical Resources Guide | De Kalb County (Ill.) – History – Sources | |
| 977.337 BU
1994 |
Bureau County Genealogical Society | The Complete Name Index to The Voters and Taxpayers of Bureau County, Illinois 1877 | Bureau County (Ill.) – History – Sources |
| 977.849300431 OW
1989? |
Owens, Robert et. al. | Here We Speak Low German = Hier snackt wi Plattdütsch | Benton County (Mo.) – History |
| 977.849300431 TR
1996 |
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Congregation – A Centennial History 1896 – 1996 | Benton County (Mo.) – History |
General Reference Collection
| Call number & Year | Author(s) | Title | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 020.72 CL
2016 |
Clark, Rhonda L. and Nicole Wedemeyer Miller | Fostering Family History Services: A Guide for Librarians, Archivists, and Volunteers | Libraries – Special Collections – Genealogy |
| 771.46 TA
2001 |
Taylor, Maureen A. | Preserving Your Family Photographs: How to Organize, Present, and Restore Your Precious Family Images | Photographs – Conservation and restoration |
| 808.066929 PO
1995 |
Polking, Kirk | Writing Family Histories and Memoirs | Genealogy – Authorship |
| 808.066929 ST
2014 |
Stratton, Penelope L. and Henry B. Hoff | Guide to Genealogical Writing: How to Write and Publish Your Family History | Genealogy – Authorship |
| 929.1 AL
2011 |
Allen, Desmond Walls | Family History Detective: a Step-by-Step Guide to Investigating your Family Tree | Genealogy – Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
| 929.1 EL
2018 |
Elder, Diana and Nicole Dyer | Research Like a Pro: a Genealogist’s Guide | Genealogy – Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
| 929.1 QU
2013 |
Quillen, W. Daniel | Mastering Immigration & Naturalization Records, 2nd ed. | Genealogy – Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
| 929.1072 FL
2004 |
Fleming, Ann C. | Organized Family Historian: How to File, Manage, and Protect your Genealogical Research and Heirlooms | Genealogy – Organization systems |
| 929.1072041 MI
2000 |
Milner, Paul | Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering your English Ancestors | Genealogy – England |
| 929.108931 BR
1995 |
Brandt, Edward R. et. al. | Germanic Genealogy: A Guide to Worldwide Sources and Migration Patterns | Genealogy – Germany |
| 929.3485 CL
2004 |
Clemensson, Per | Your Swedish Roots: A Step by Step Handbook | Genealogy – Sweden |
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